In a closed-primary state where registered Republican voters outnumber Democrats three-to-one, Utah’s June 25 Congressional primaries are, for all practical purposes, the “real” election.
Utah is led by a GOP trifecta with supermajorities in both state Legislature chambers. Its two U.S. Senate seats and all four U.S. House seats are occupied by Republicans.
That’s unlikely to change in November, but that doesn’t mean June’s congressional preliminaries are without contention, especially in two of Utah’s four House primaries.
Two-term incumbent Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah) faces a nominal challenge from electrician Paul Miller in his Congressional District 1 (CD 1) primary….